Denial of Service Vulnerability in CA Anti-Virus and Internet Security Suite
CVE-2006-6496

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Broadcom
Status: Etrust Antivirus; Internet Security Suite
Vendor: CVE Published:; 13 December 2006

What is CVE-2006-6496?

The drivers VetMONNT.sys and VetFDDNT.sys in CA Anti-Virus and CA Internet Security Suite do not properly manage NULL buffers. This flaw allows local users with administrative privileges to trigger a denial of service, potentially causing the system to crash via specific IOCTL requests. It is crucial for users of these affected versions to update their software to mitigate this vulnerability.

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